Staying cool in July

 Painting inside where the A/C is forever on....

These two...always into something.  

Cooling off in their nudities in the backyard sprinkler.

He is in a phase of zooming trains and cars all around the house.  The trouble is, he can't listen at all when he is doing this because he is so in the zone.  He plays trains while he's on the potty.

We tried out bowling as a family for the first time.  Ramsey kept doing hilarious moves with the bowling ball, like placing it on the ramp, balancing it carefully, and then hitting it with her stomach, or running up to it.  She was on her own wavelength trying to get the ball down in different ways.

Ramsey is just so animated and Beck is so busy.

He insisted on doing it himself, naturally.

The grown-ups had a great time too.  The only sad thing was when the 2-year-old on the lane next to us tripped and busted her lip on the bowling ball.  She was gushing blood, but she ended up being okay.
 

Check the scores...the winner was....Beck.  Seriously!

Snuggling at Anita's for lunch.

Beck tried the guacamole--"I love guacamole!"

Ramsey asked for a picture with Bella.  Of course, Beck joined in.  Before this pic, they were dancing on the bed to the old Coldplay CD that is in my alarm clock that Beck loves to turn on all the time.

It goes south here, because Ramsey had to remind me, "I just want it to be ME and Bella."

Smiles through the tears.

Beck is laughing here.  

Bella puts up with a lot, but she really loves the kids.

We went to a cookout at a friend's house and the kids had to swim...even though we didn't bring suits because we thought it was too overcast for swimming.  Ramsey is wearing a change of clothes I brought for Beck since we are in the middle of potty training.

They loves floating on the raft and insisted that Kristina push them all around the pool.  Ramsey started to get specific about where she wanted to go, so bossy!

Running with Bella.  This is the highlight of Bella's day, I assure you!